An orthogonal basis for computing a consistent approximation to a pairwise comparisons matrix

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 41-47

  Koczkodaj, W W ^a   Orlowski, M ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Approximation algorithm; Comparative judgments; Inconsistency; Logarithmic transformation; Orthogonal basis; Pairwise comparisons

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; THEOREM PROVING; VECTORS;

EUCLIDEAN METRICS; LOGARITHMIC TRANSFORMATIONS; PAIRWISE COMPARISONS MATRIX;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 0031274874     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0898-1221(97)00205-8     Document Type: Article

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